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Chapter 14 Organometallic Compounds

14.1 Carbon-Metal Bonds in Organometallic Compounds
14.2 Organometallic Nomenclature
14.3 Preparation of Organolithium Compounds
14.4 Preparation of Organomagnesium Compounds: Grignard Reagents
14.5 Organolithium and Organomagnesium Compounds as Brønsted Bases

14.6 Synthesis of Alcohols Using Grignard Reagents
14.7 Synthesis of Alcohols Using Organolithium Reagents
14.8 Synthesis of Acetylenic Alcohols
14.9 Retrosynthetic Analysis
14.10 Preparation of Tertiary Alcohols from Esters and Grignard Reagents
14.11 Alkane Synthesis Using Organocopper Reagents
14.12 An Organozine Reagent for Cyclopropane Synthesis
14.13 Carbenes and Carbenoids
14.14 Organic Derivatives of Mercury. Oxymercuration-Demercuration of Alkenes
14.15 Transition Metal Organometallic Compounds
An Organometallic Compound That Occurs Naturally: Coenzyme B12
14.16 Summary

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